Post B1ta8cLg65Jt3UhXP6 by futurebird@sauropods.win
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 (DIR) Post #B1tYcPH74M33Hsdur2 by kristinHenry@vis.social
       2026-01-01T22:58:57Z
       
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       Genuary 20226 Day 1: "One color, one shape." This was a challenging one for me, since I usually use lots of color. I went with an "*" as the shape and played with transparency, size, and movement.I posted about some of my thinking for my supporters: https://www.patreon.com/posts/146762388https://ko-fi.com/post/Genuary-K3K11R2EMJ#Genuary2026 #Genuary1 #Genuary #CreativeCoding #Art
       
 (DIR) Post #B1tYcQnPPlTa0KlDpg by kristinHenry@vis.social
       2026-01-02T22:23:20Z
       
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       Genuary 2026 Day 2: Twelve principles of animation.For this one, I'm taking inspiration from the example of how horses run, with body carrying through. But I'm going to try some version of it with lizards. I wrote a bit more about it: https://www.patreon.com/posts/147034875#Genuary2026 #Genuary2 #genuary #ink #drawing #art #SciArt
       
 (DIR) Post #B1tYcSEk3cvyTOYZ4i by kristinHenry@vis.social
       2026-01-03T00:26:10Z
       
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       For this one, I was looking at the animation of a horse running, and how the body and head carry trough and only the legs 'move'.In these lizards, I figured out the angles first with curves. Then I decided to have the leg positions come from the curve of the tail. With a little practice, I was ready to freehand draw the pattern.#Genuary #art #drawing #SciArt
       
 (DIR) Post #B1tYcTHy976rjh4ekC by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2026-01-03T03:22:02Z
       
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       @kristinHenry I love this. The next time you see queen ant notice the way that they tend to waggle as they walk. It's a similar kind of thing but different mechanics.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1tYqbTGWOeLAP62yG by kristinHenry@vis.social
       2026-01-03T03:24:39Z
       
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       @futurebird I may have stumbled into a whole new rabbit hole for myself :D
       
 (DIR) Post #B1tZeOcCar2Vm41Gz2 by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2026-01-03T03:33:39Z
       
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       @kristinHenry I've often freaked people out by spotting a queen ant from a great distance... but they way they walk (due to all of the junk in the trunk) give them away. It's a more exaggerated version of the typical ant walk which is also kind of distinctive. IMO. (Video shows how ant walk with their legs in two groups of three like alternating tripods. )https://youtu.be/DLczo4N3CPI
       
 (DIR) Post #B1tZm9FTbrfAQs5PqC by kristinHenry@vis.social
       2026-01-03T03:34:59Z
       
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       @futurebird wow! The mechanics of that are wild!
       
 (DIR) Post #B1ta8cLg65Jt3UhXP6 by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2026-01-03T03:39:07Z
       
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       @kristinHenry Beetles move differently despite having the same number of legs. It's much more of a "crawl" Though most insects keep at least three legs on the ground at once. I think the tiny waist of ants helps them to walk like that. (video shows a beetle on glass walking it moves it's legs in sequence rather than in two tripod groups of three like an ant.)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BCcTa64K0M
       
 (DIR) Post #B1teMHIlXtPfeN6mgK by timtfj@mastodon.social
       2026-01-03T04:26:17Z
       
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       @futurebird @kristinHenry This reminds me of the Zoids (wind-up animal robot-like things) that were popular in the 80s. I remember an insect one, that had each 3-leg group made out of a single piece of rigid plastic. It walked using a very simple mechanism to lift one group then the other (possibly just a circular motion, I forget), but the result was startlingly realistic and looked far more complicated than it really was.